With only three ingredients, these Cake Mix Cookies are super versatile! Change the flavors, mix ins and add frosting if you like, or leave them plain!

If there was ever an award for the best – most versatile – cookie recipe – this Cake Mix Cookie Recipe would win! Hands down!

Why do I love these Cake Mix Cookies?

1. You only need 3 ingredients
2. Just by changing the flavor of the cake mix, you can make a variety of cake box cookies
3. The options for mix ins are endless

For these Chocolate Cookies, I decided not to add anything to the dough. There are only three ingredients – cake mix, eggs and oil, that’s it!

The addition of the Peppermint Frosting and crushed peppermint is the perfect balance.

How to make cookies from cake mix

Having a cookie recipe that you can whip up quickly and change the flavors is super helpful! Here are a few tips that I have discovered –

• Baker’s Tip #1: Be sure that the cake mix does not have any clumps. You can use a fork, whisk or sift it.
• Baker’s Tip #2: It’s best to use room temperature eggs. If you forget to take them out of the refrigerator, you can add them to a cup of hot water for a few minutes to quickly bring them up to room temperature.
• Baker’s Tip #3: To flatten the cookies a bit (like I did) dip your finger in water and gently smooth out the tops of the cookie dough. The flatter cookies also work really well for Cookie Sandwiches.
• Baker’s Tip #4: After trying 12 varieties of Cake Mix Cookies – Deborah from Taste and Tell shares that different flavors of cake mix may bake differently. She also writes that the different sizes of cake mixes doesn’t alter the amount of ingredients added (eggs and oil).
• Baker’s Tip #5: These cookies are best slightly under baked. I baked these 10 minutes, because they were thinner, they turned out perfectly with a crispy edge and soft in the center.

Cake Cookies with Mix ins

The mix in options are endless, here are some ideas to get you started –

1. Mini M&M’s chocolate candies
2. Chocolate Chips or any flavor Chip
3. Sprinkles
4. Nuts
5. Mints
6. Coconut
7. Candy, chopped
8. Dried Cranberries or other dried fruits

Frosting Recipes for Cake Mix Cookies

You can add any type of frosting recipe you like to your cake mix cookies. Here are some flavor combinations –

1. Chocolate Cookies with Peppermint Frosting
2. Lemon Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting
3. Strawberry Cookies with Buttercream Frosting
4. Funfetti Cookies with Marshmallow Frosting
5. Chocolate Cookies with Peanut Butter Frosting
6. Pumpkin Cookies with Maple Frosting

Chocolate and Peppermint are like a match made in heaven! Especially during the biggest cookie baking season – Christmas!

For the Peppermint Frosting on the Chocolate Cookies, I combined colored half the frosting with pink gel coloring, and fitted the decorator bag with a large round tip. Then filled the bag with the white frosting on one side and the pink frosting on the other side of the bag.

Swirl on the frosting and top with crushed peppermint.

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Cake Mix Cookies